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RFI - anvil use by shrike-thrushes

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Subject: RFI - anvil use by shrike-thrushes
From: "Glenn Holmes" <>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:03:30 +1000
Recently I observed a Bower's Shrike-thrush killing an arboreal snail
[Rhynchotrochus macgillivrayi] by tapping it repeatedly on a rock.  It then
extracted and ate the contents.
I cannot find reference to such behaviour in shrike-thrushes or whistlers.
The crustacean dietary items of the White-breasted Whistler I suspect would
be dispatched in a similar manner.
Any help gratefully received.
Glenn

Glenn Holmes & Associates
*birding & botanical specialists*
PO Box 1246 Atherton  Qld 4883


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